Bug#756599: printf(3) manpage: stray asterisk in "NAN*"

Le 17/02/2016 13:14, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) a écrit : On 17 February 2016 at 01:21, Stéphane Aulery wrote: About Debian Bug #756599 [1], I found this explanation [2][3] confirming that * is not a selector : I've removed the stray "*" (commit 4a66305922b197) Thanks for

Bug#756599: printf(3) manpage: stray asterisk in "NAN*"

tags 756599 fixed-upsteam thanks On 17 February 2016 at 01:21, Stéphane Aulery wrote: > Hello Michael, > > About Debian Bug #756599 [1], I found this explanation [2][3] confirming > that * is not a selector : I've removed the stray "*" (commit 4a66305922b197) Thanks for the

Bug#756599: printf(3) manpage: stray asterisk in "NAN*"

Hello Michael, About Debian Bug #756599 [1], I found this explanation [2][3] confirming that * is not a selector : strtod recognizes four special input strings. The strings "inf" and "infinity" are converted to , or to the largest representable value if the floating-point format doesn’t

Bug#756599: printf(3) manpage: stray asterisk in NAN*

Package: manpages-dev Version: 3.65-1 Severity: minor The printf(3) manpage reads: The C99 standard specifies [-]inf or [-]infinity for infinity, and a string starting with nan for NaN, in the case of f conversion, and [-]INF or [-]INFINITY or NAN* in the case of F conversion.) Please

Bug#756599: printf(3) manpage: stray asterisk in NAN*

Jakub, I do not know the details here, but are you sure this is wrong? The preceding part of the sentence says [and a string starting with nan for NaN, in the case of f conversion], and I take the * to mean a wildcard pattern match, analogous with [a string starting with nan for NaN]. This is

Bug#756599: printf(3) manpage: stray asterisk in NAN*

Hi Micheal, Thanks for the quick reply! * Michael Kerrisk mtk.manpa...@gmail.com, 2014-07-31, 12:16: I do not know the details here, but are you sure this is wrong? The preceding part of the sentence says [and a string starting with nan for NaN, in the case of f conversion], and I take the *

Bug#756599: printf(3) manpage: stray asterisk in NAN*

Could you make this character italic, to make it clear it is not literal? Without being sure of the details, I am reluctant to make any change. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org